Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

113 reviews

mals_library's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, and Addiction

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Vomit

kd666's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Great read that kept the twists coming!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Hate crime

kornwaiisms's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

WELL WELL WELL. i finally finished this. and I have THINGS TO SAY!

i started it in between studying for exams in february i believe, and i was reading a couple of chapters every night before i slept. at first it was certainly very interesting and i liked some lyrical sentences here and there but then my exams were over so my brain forgot abt it as it was connected with post study rest before bed.

when i continued reading again, i was off the momentum i'd say, so it was a little bit boring at times. the last few days i read and now I'm done and I'm rambling but a bit after the middle point it became SO intriguing i was hooked. i was so caught up in the writer's path as to who the most probable suspect was and i was scared it would be true, but the REVEAL was worse for my little heart:'((

BUT I REALLY LIKED HOW IT ENDED. and oh god that last page. LETS GOOO AUDREY ROSE AND THOMAS IN ROMANIA HEHDVSBJSKSKD!

Anyway what more. I liked the characters!! Their chemistry!! The mystery and historical accuracy!! It was really good. i will admit that maybe it wasn't amazing as a book for me? i think it'll be the case that I'll fall for the characters and the series in general, just like it happened with the folk of the air and shatter me maybe. 

PS i don't know if i can restrain myself from starting the next book, i had PLANS and TBRS scheduled ughh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexism, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism and Vomit

tmholsman_1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely fell in love with this story when I first read it and I just fell even more in love with it upon reread. This was my first historical fantasy book and I fell in love with the genre. I really loved Kerri Maniscalco's take on Jack the Ripper. I love how Audrey Rose didn't care what society thought of her fascination with studying science and dissecting bodies. instead of doing what society deems appropriate. I loved the growth of Audrey and Thomas' relationship and I am very excited to read more of their adventures. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Stalking, Blood, Medical content, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Addiction

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide

kayisgay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Sexism and Death of parent

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

while the book was very thrilling and I enjoyed it, I feel like a lot of aspects were woven in and then just forgotten about/never explained fully? idk whether that will be picked up on in following books though.

I don't think it needed the lovestory, really, but I guess it can't be avoided

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Torture, and Drug use

hdoomk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

lotasoler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Grief, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Stalking, Body horror, Blood, Classism, Sexism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

claire_perry20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I guessed the plot twist in the first quarter of the book, but then I reminded myself this is a book for young adult readers. It was really annoying for me, as a social worker, to have the protagonist and the authors note at the end embellish the fact that the victims were daughters, mothers, sisters, etc because I think their personhood isn’t contingent upon relation to others but that’s a me problem. I can appreciate a female protagonist who is tough and feminine but the author doesn’t seem to understand the show don’t tell concept. Audrey Rose said it several times throughout the book. Took me a long time to get through because it moved slowly and got boring but I could understand why people liked it. Just not for me and I don’t think I’ll read more of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent

rarity's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexism, Grief, Vomit, and Drug abuse